Paul Southcott, YorkPrivatisation has made things both worse and more expensive for the passenger and all the profits go to off-shore companies that pay very little tax.
Steve Davies, RomfordPublic transport should not be operated for profit. Take a leaf out of our European neighbours’ book and put train travel back in the public domain. It works.
Richard Fraser-Tait, RydeRail should be publicly-owned – and water.
Julia Mulchrone, LondonBring back nationalised public services for the public who actually use the services, not the greedy fat cat capitalists in private jets.
Angelo Servini, Haywards HeathLate trains, missed connections daily. There must be a better way. Expensive fares, yet taxpayers have to subsidise their dividends.
Morwenna Griffiths, EdinburghWe used tax payers’ money to rescue East Coast and now we are giving it away again. What?
Andrea Fry, HuddersfieldThe sooner the rail service is out of the hands of greedy shareholders, the better.
Simon Gee, CoventryEnough is enough. Rail users first.
Gregor ThomsonEnough is enough. The current situation needs to change.
Adrian Fish, LancasterRail travel is over-priced and inefficient. Privatisation has only benefitted shareholders, not passengers.
Sean Hewitt, NottinghamRail privatisation is a disaster on every level.
John Braithwaite, DoncasterI’m with you all the way.
Jane Mcguigan, WatfordI was an employee during the late 1980s, working at Euston House and Rail House Euston for British Rail.
Caroline Saville, LondonIt will be possible to achieve this with a solid grassroots movement but it’s going to be an uphill struggle.
Veronica Little, LeedsIt’s about time.
William Thompson, Burnham-on-SeaNationalise the railways or lose the next election.
Dave Oldfield, BrightonThey should never have been privatised.
Edward Antonyuk, LondonExpensive AF.
Andy Jones, HolmfirthReopen branch lines, e.g. Holmfirth.
Sergio Seelochan, NottinghamStop bleeding money to overseas rail companies and use profits to make fares cheaper and the service better.
David Roan, Milton KeynesPrivatised infrastructure doesn’t work. Try getting from Milton Keynes to Newcastle on multiple providers. It’s a nightmare. It’s also costly.
Marek Gabrysch, NewcastleCan I have my train set back please?
Steve Andrews, LincolnPrivatisation was a terrible failure for commuters and a great win for greedy investors.
Keith Stepney, SwanscombeBritish Rail had no big crashes and trains ran on time. Return the railways to British Rail and return to a good service.
Ian Buchanan, StonehavenInsane that a major infrastructure service is not owned and run by the public. Successive UK (and now Scottish) governments continue to misjudge the public’s view.
Shakeel Goulthorp, CoventryPrivatisation has worsened the service, making profit for the French, German and Dutch states.
Dixon Lau, HatfieldTransport in UK should be run by British companies who have Britain’s best interest at heart, and not by companies mostly owned by the Chinese Communist Party.
Paul Newman, BournemouthBring back a co-ordinated railway system. Profit-making private companies will always put their own interests above the safety and performance of the railway.
Diane Baskerville, BirminghamPrivatisation just doesn’t work for infrastructure or utilities.
Sandra Barr, StevenageEast Coast trains were a fantastic service and needed to stay in the public sector. How dare this government sell it off to Virgin?